Alac via ipod?

[beachBOYken]

Hi

I have ripped a few cds with dbpoweramp to alac and transferred them to my iTunes library.

Will I see any benefit putting alac files onto my ipod touch, I only listen to music via the apple earphones or docked/streamed to my zeppelin air?

Being big files space is not a problem yet on my ipod but if there is no benefit in sound quality would I better continuing ripping to alac and converting via iTunes to high quality mp3.

Thanks

 

[beachBOYken]

So I would get no benefit from my zeppelin air, I did think this accepted lossless alac files via streaming or docking?

Anyway are you saying I can't convert the alac files to something else.

Sorry I'm not very knowledgeable with all these music formats.

What would you suggest I do if I want to rip my cds via dbpoweramp and transfer to iTunes/ipod touch?

Thanks

 

[beachBOYken]

Just need a bit more help, basically how do I go about ripping my cds and then putting them on my ipod touch.

I would like to use dbpoweramp seen as I have this already.

Should I rip to alac in dbpoweramp and then convert the music to aac in iTunes?

Unless it makes no difference and I can just rip cds straight to aac. Would ripping to alac first and then converting to aac improve anything?

Cheers

 

[beachBOYken]

Hi

I'm finally understanding, I will just rip to aac 256kbs in the future then as I only listen on my ipod or docked on the zeppelin.

I will have to check if I can rip cds to aac 256kbs using dbpoweramp otherwise I will have to use iTunes.

Also I currently have my iTunes library on my windows laptop, in the future I may get something newer, perhaps an Mac air, I have always been a little unsure about storage size on these if i have tons of music stored on them, am I missing something or is storage limited or are there other means of adding storage to a mac air?

Finally does iTunes backup ripped cds to Icloud or just iTunes store purchases?

Many thanks

 

[beachBOYken]

ok thanks a lot